Nick Saban

What Movie Inspired Alabama?

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.10.2012

In the aftermath of Alabama's dominating 21-0 triumph over LSU in the BCS National Championship Game, reporters were hoping to hear Nick Saban expound...

Nick Saban Wins Third BCS Title

AP | TIM DAHLBERG | Posted 03.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS — The game, Nick Saban insisted rather testily the day before, was never about him. Said it wouldn't define him as a person or as a ...

Tide Shuts Out Tigers For BCS Title

AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 03.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS — Jeremy Shelley kicked five field goals and Trent Richardson broke a 34-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter as No. 2 Alab...

BCS Championship Game LIVE UPDATES

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.09.2012

No. 1 Louisiana State Tigers (13-0, 8-0 SEC) vs. No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1 SEC) Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 ...

Home Sweet Dome

AP | By DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 01.09.2012

NEW ORLEANS -- Jordan Jefferson remembers nearly every second of the last time he played in the Superdome. He was the starting quarterback for Destre...

Jordan Schultz

BCS National Championship Preview With Former Alabama Quarterback Greg McElroy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Schultz | Posted 01.06.2012

Former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy breaks down every angle of Monday's BCS National Championship game featuring No. 1 LSU against the second-rank...

Ex-NFL Player Tells Disturbing Story About Nick Saban

Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 12.07.2011

Nick Saban has never been known for his warm and fuzzy demeanor. For example, in the closing moments of Alabama's national championship game victory o...

Alabama Rolls In Iron Bowl

AP | By JOHN ZENOR | Posted 11.27.2011

AUBURN, Ala. -- Trent Richardson and No. 2 Alabama have convinced Nick Saban that they're worthy of competing for college football's top prize. They'...

LSU-Alabama: A Classic

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 01.06.2012

Joe Peyronnin

Saturday night's clash between the #1 Louisiana State University Tigers and the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide was among the most memorable games in college football history. In the end, LSU won in Bama's house in overtime, 9 to 6.

LSU Beats Alabama In "Game Of The Century"

AP | PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 01.05.2012

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The defenses lived up to the billing in the latest Game of the Century. Neither No. 1 LSU nor No. 2 Alabama could reach the e...

Urban Meyer Breaks Down LSU vs. Alabama

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 01.04.2012

-- Urban Meyer was 3-3 against Les Miles' LSU teams in his six seasons as Florida coach. Meyer was also 1-2 against Nick Saban's Alabama squads durin...

LSU vs. Alabama An Old-fashioned Showdown

AP | By JOHN ZENOR | Posted 01.04.2012

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The LSU and Alabama showdown promises to be a throwback of old-school football. Both the top-ranked and barely-tested Tigers, and...

Jordan Schultz

Can Les Miles And LSU Trust Jarrett Lee Against Vicious Alabama Defense In Tuscaloosa?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Schultz | Posted 01.03.2012

This week's HuffPost Sports spotlight game is No. 1 LSU at No. 2 Alabama. With the Bowl Championship Series system as convoluted as it is, this sea...

LSU-Alabama: It's (Almost) All About The Defenses

AP | By JOHN ZENOR | Posted 01.01.2012

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- LSU and Alabama's defenses seem to have it all: Talent, cool nicknames, star power and loads of speed. Many say they're mirror im...

USC Will Never Win Big With Lane Kiffin

Jordan Schultz | Posted 12.18.2011

Jordan Schultz

Lane Kiffin was once seen as an earnest and bright young coach. He is handsome and well spoken -- the perfect guy to send into a recruit's home. His lineage, thanks to legendary father Monte Kiffin and the famed "Tampa 2" defense, is pristine. Yet, Lane Kiffin has not won.

The 12 Best College Football Coaches

AP | Ralph D. Russo | Posted 11.08.2011

Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press The winningest coach in the history of college football will be on one sideline this Saturday. That would be Penn ...

Nick Saban Slams 'Pimp' Agents

AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 05.25.2011

HOOVER, Ala. — Nick Saban didn't pull punches Wednesday when discussing the improper contact with athletes by unscrupulous agents, comparing the...

Nick Saban: Who Are the Real "Pimps" in Collegiate Athletics?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Dexter Rogers

The overall system of collegiate athletics is faulty and hypocritical. It's a system that favors every rung of the athletic equation except for the most central cog: the athlete.

Alabama Beats Florida, Heads To BCS National Championship Game

AP | PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 05.25.2011

ATLANTA — The move was so unlike Nick Saban. The Alabama coach put away all that boardroom talk for a leaping shoulder bump with star running ba...

College Coaches Try to Find Perfect Analogy in Paying Tribute to Stanley Kaplan

The Sportsman's Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

The Sportsman's Daily

"Stanley Kaplan was to education as a Vegas show girl is to a freshman point guard," said Jerry Tarkanian, former coach of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, one of three schools he landed on probation.